QOTD: Is This The Ugliest Car Coming Out In 2013

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

When I first got wind of the new 2013 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid, I was pretty optimistic about its viability. An improved hybrid system from Honda, a plug-in no less, mated to the practical, decent-to-drive package of the Accord? For a city dweller that gets electricity from clean hydroelectric power sources like me, it is, on paper, a decent choice for an everyday car. Until I saw it.

The 2013 Accord, in regular gasoline trim, looks a bit like a Hyundai Genesis. The plug-in version, shown above, is so awful that it was prohibited by Yaweh in the book of Leviticus as an abomination.

What the hell was Honda thinking?

Derek Kreindler
Derek Kreindler

More by Derek Kreindler

Comments
Join the conversation
4 of 107 comments
  • JREwing JREwing on Sep 09, 2012

    Wow, Honda apparently still has the Crosstour designers on the payroll. How else to explain this abomination?

  • Carfriend313 Carfriend313 on Sep 09, 2012

    I'm not a fan of most Eastern cars, but I think this looks fine.

  • Autoguy Autoguy on Sep 21, 2012

    No doubt about it-it is ugly. But I am not really surprised given the fact that Honda still thinks the Crosstour is beautiful and apparently still refuses to abandon the hideous and universally dispised Acura beak grille. Since the non-hybrid Accord sedan's are hardly the class leader styling wise (in fact I think it share the honor for the ugliest sedans in this class with the Camry). Clearly the Fusion, Optima and Mazda 6 are the styling leaders and show the HOnda designers have no clue as to how to design attractive cars.

  • Armadamaster Armadamaster on Sep 26, 2012

    Nope, the new Fusion is in the running for that title.

Next